Excellence annoys your haters, success infuriates them, and genius kills them.

A genuine smile is one of the world’s rarest treasures.

A fish that is afraid of drowning in a river is ignorant of its gifts.

A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures.

It is in the storm, not the calm, that a rainbow is born.

A determined seed cannot be hidden from the world, not even by dirt.

Calm skies don't make skillful eagles.

If you cry in the rain, only the sky will see your tears.

Birds keep singing beautiful songs, even if they have no audience.

Today's storms help you appreciate tomorrow’s sunshine.

Train the ears to hear more, the eyes to see more, the hands to do more, the feet to accomplish more, the mind to think more, the heart to feel more, and the soul to love more.

Clearly, America has no shortage of metaphorical opportunities for the poor.

I set down a beautiful chord on paper—and suddenly it rusts.

Chris Christie won by such a wide margin that pundits say this will give him the impetus he needs to run for president. And he's got a new slogan: 'Put the oval in the Oval Office.'

What is style? For many people, a very complicated way of saying very simple things. According to us, a very simple way of saying very complicated things.

One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.

I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts.

We should remember that people can go to Heaven without knowing much of the Word of God, but they cannot go to Heaven without knowing Jesus Christ as Savior.

The key to winning is poise under stress.

Not every man was sorry when he hurt a woman.

Should you trust a stockbroker who's married to a travel agent?